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Ted Trzynais
a conservationist, author, and political scientist. He has worked in
the public-interest, policy-research, diplomatic, and academic worlds.

In the field of environmental and natural resource policy, he has been a writer, advisor to governmental agencies, and leader in
nongovernmental organizations, both in California and internationally.
He is particularly experienced in analyzing problems and finding
innovative solutions, convening groups of leaders and experts, and
synthesizing and presenting information and ideas from many sources. He
is In touch with new ideas through colleagues in many countries and
longtime participation in international organizations.

In
the 1960s, Trzyna was a career U.S. Foreign Service officer in Africa
and at the State Department in Washington. In 1969, he founded the
California Institute of Public Affairs, renamed InterEnvironment
Institute in 2010. Through the Institute, which is an affiliate of
Claremont Graduate University, he and his colleagues have organized
numerous projects aimed at improving policy-making on complex issues.
Always planned and carried out with a range of other organizations,
these projects include conducting problem-solving research, producing
print and online publications, and convening groups of leaders and
experts to search for solutions. They take a long-range view of public
and world affairs that combines political, social, cultural, and
economic, as well as ecological concerns.

Most
of Trzyna's international environmental work has been done with IUCN,
the International Union for Conservation of Nature. From 1990-96 he
served on IUCN's governing Council and chaired IUCN's Commission on
Environmental Strategy and Planning. He co-founded and chairs the Urban
Specialist Group of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas.

Trzyna
received a bachelor's degree from the School of International Relations
of the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in government
from Claremont Graduate University. In addition to his longstanding
connection to CGU through InterEnvironment Institute, he is a Senior
Research Fellow in CGU's School of Politics and Economics. He is a
Fellow and former board member of the World Academy of Art and Science,
and serves on the advisory boards of several organizations and projects.

Books he has written or edited include A Sustainable World, The Power of Convening, The Urban Imperative, and Urban Protected Areas.